Chapter 231: Robbery of the Camp
"Dog, if I had known that the rebels were so vulnerable, I should have let more rebels cross the river." Dai Xinsi said annoyedly.
"My lord, it's better to take advantage of the rebels' new defeat and let me go tonight to sneak up on the enemy army and defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop." Xu Sanxing suggested.
Xu Sanxing's battle was over before he had a good time, and he wanted to rob the camp at night. Xu Sanxing believes that there is a great chance of success in the camp tonight, first, the rebels are newly defeated today and their morale is low; Second, the two armies are separated by the Yellow River, and it is very difficult to cross the river and rob the camp, and the rebels are very likely to neglect their precautions.
"It is too risky to rob the camp, although the rebels are newly defeated, but the number of our army is several times larger, once the camp fails, Fenglingdu may be in danger." Dai Xinsi objected.
"It's true that there is a risk in robbing the camp, but I don't need too many people, five hundred is enough." Xu Sanxing said.
"Five hundred? You only need five hundred. Dai Xinsi said in surprise.
"Yes, 500 people is enough, but too many people will not work out. But I need all 500 horses and all the grenades. If you are afraid that I will fail, I am willing to make a military order. Xu Sanxing said.
Dai Xinsi thought for a while and said, "Yes, I will agree to all your requests, and the military order will not be needed." ”
For Dai Xinsi, even if the 500 people failed to rob the camp, he would be able to bear this loss, and he would not pose a threat to the defense of Fenglingdu at all, but if he succeeded, it would really be a battle to become famous all over the world.
"Master Xie." Xu Sanxing said.
"Where are you going to cross the river from?" Dai Xinsi asked.
"Here. It's a bit far away, but if you have horses, you can get to the rebel camp before three o'clock in the morning. Xu Sanxing pointed to the map and said.
"It's good that our ships are around here, so we don't need much time to dispatch." Dai Xinsi agreed.
"If I wait for the camp to succeed, I will send people to the shore to use the beacon fire as a signal, and then the adults can immediately send people to cross the river to intercept and kill the rebels." Xu Sanxing said.
"When I saw the three bonfires on the other side, I could send people across the river to attack and intercept the rebels." Dai Xinsi said.
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Xu Sanxing selected 500 people from the headquarters, and then said: "We have no way to retreat in this battle, only by desperately moving forward and defeating the rebels can we have any hope of survival. ”
As soon as Xu Sanxing's voice fell, five hundred people neatly performed a knee-long military salute.
"Get on the horse and go." Xu Sanxing said resolutely.
Xu Sanxing gave an order, and five hundred people stepped on the war horses neatly, followed Xu Sanxing, taking advantage of the night, and quietly left Fenglingdu from the north gate.
The number of people is numerous, the horses are wrapped in hooves, and 500 people sneak all the way. Although Xu Sanxing's route was a bit detouring, the rebels did not know anything about the fact that the 500 members of the Longteng Army had quietly crossed the Yellow River.
At three moments, after Xu Sanxing approached the rebel camp, he realized that there was no chance. Yesterday's fiasco made King Qing furious, but he accepted his men's proposal and decided to land in a different place away from the artillery fire of the Dragon Teng Army. Just after the fourth watch today, the rebels were ready to assemble and set off.
Xu Sanxing saw that there was no chance and had to temporarily abandon the plan to rob the camp, but he did not plan to withdraw to Fenglingdu, but prepared to look for fighters.
Although Dai Xinsi waited all night and didn't see Xu Sanxing's robbery, he discovered the rebels' plan. Lacking the support of artillery fire, Dai Xinsi voluntarily gave up going to the periphery to intercept the landing of the rebels, but waited for the rebels to attack the city. Although the city wall of Fenglingdu is not at all high and deep, the artillery of Fenglingdu can make up for this shortcoming.
Without the interception of the Longteng Army, the rebels' crossing of the river today was very smooth, and more than 10,000 troops and several cannons had been sent over in one day. And the siege of the rebels was apparently put the next day.
There was still no chance the next night, and Xu Samsung chose to wait another night without hesitation. The hiding of five hundred people is not too much of a problem for Xu Sanxing, not to mention that he only acts at night.
But the rebels launched an attack on Fenglingdu early this morning, and the rebels organized an attack while organizing the crossing of the river. Today's attack was not violent, but more tentative.
But the artillery of the rebels suffered. Although the rebels made a tentative attack, they also used artillery, and the rebels saw that the walls of Fenglingdu were not strong, and tried to blast a hole with artillery. The original artillery of the Longteng Army had a farther range than the artillery of the rebels, coupled with the advantages of geographical advantages and personnel quality, the rebels' artillery was bombarded by the Longteng Army before two shots, and the bones were destroyed.
Without artillery support, the rebels had to rely on men to pile up, and it is conceivable that the first day of the rebel attack was fruitless. But the number of rebels crossing the river has exceeded 30,000. Now only more than 10,000 people remain on the other side of the river, and it is the flood season of the Yellow River, and the rebels do not dare to cross the river at night.
At night, Xu Sanxing finally waited for the opportunity he wanted. Now the rebels have surrounded Fenglingdu, and the chance of sneaking out of the city is almost zero, coupled with the forced crossing of the Yellow River for three consecutive days, the two sieges failed, the morale is low, and the people are also very tired. And King Qing remained on the other side of the river at this time.
There was a loud "boom", which woke up King Qing, who had just fallen asleep, and then heard the explosions in the camp.
"Someone, someone, what's going on?" King Qing exclaimed.
"Lord Wang, the enemy army robbed the camp." The guard replied in alarm.
"How many enemy troops are coming?" King Qing said.
"Lord Wang, the situation is unknown now." The guard said.
As soon as the guard's words fell, someone stumbled in, "Lord Wang, the enemy army has robbed the camp, and now the camp has become a mess, and there is an enemy army all the way to the Chinese army camp, and I ask the prince to take shelter for a while." ”
"How many enemy troops are coming?" King Qing said angrily.
"The sky was dark, and it was impossible to tell the number of people, but we only knew that the enemy army was divided into three routes, one way went straight to the camp of the Chinese army, and the other two roads set fire to the camp and threw earth-shattering thunder, and the army in the camp had all been dispersed. Please also ask the prince to take refuge for the time being. ”
"Prince, let's go, I'll wait for the prince to be well-protected." The guard persuaded.
King Qing saw that the general trend had gone at this time, and he didn't even have time to put on his clothes, so he mounted his horse and prepared to escape.
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The grenades of this era were not very powerful, but they had a good momentum, especially at this time, when the grenades created great chaos. Many of the rebels couldn't even figure out whether the grenades were exploding or the Longteng military artillery was bombarding the camp.
The five hundred dragon army rampaged through the camp, encountering almost no effective resistance, and the entire camp soon burst into flames. The rebels on this side of the river had no idea what was happening on the other side, and Dai Xinsi realized that Xu Sanxing's camp had been successful.
(End of chapter)